入不敷出

Chinese

		to enter	not; no	announce; apply	to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)
trad. (入不敷出)		入	不	敷	出
simp. #(入不敷出)		入	不	敷	出

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rùbùfūchū

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨ ㄔㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jap⁶ bat¹ fu¹ ceot¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rùbùfūchū
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨ ㄔㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rùbùfuchu
    • Wade–Giles: ju⁴-pu⁴-fu¹-chʻu¹
    • Yale: rù-bù-fū-chū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruhbufuchu
    • Palladius: жубуфучу (žubufuču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ fu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jap⁶ bat¹ fu¹ ceot¹
    • Yale: yahp bāt fū chēut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jap⁹ bat⁷ fu¹ tsoet⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeb⁶ bed¹ fu¹ cêd¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐp̚² pɐt̚⁵ fuː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵/

Idiom

入不敷出

1. unable to make ends meet; income cannot cover expenditure; to spend more than one earns